Critiques

flagman (294) 2008-03-20 2:40

Lovely to see another photo of this great place.
To improve the phot, I think you need to get as wide a shot as possible, and definitely use a tripod or lean the camera on a stable surface when you take the shot. That will get rid of the blur.

flagman (294) 2008-02-25 2:31

I like the colours - it certainly does have a futuristic city look.
It could do with straightening, though, and perhaps the shadows lightening a little.
You have many way better photos. Get posting. Don't forget to return people's critiques, though.

flagman (294) 2008-02-21 8:16

I've seen a lot of HDR photos lately and this is one of the best.
Very natural looking, which is the main reason for HDR in the first place, although the wacky, painted look also has it's place.

flagman (294) 2008-02-20 7:20

Veey impressive. I particularly like the radiating lines of the road junction. Very nicely composed. Maybe slightly over-exposed but just a touch.

flagman (294) 2008-02-19 8:11

Very nicely taken, good foreground interest with the tree, nice depth. I feel a little saturation of the colours and a slight brightness adjustment of the midtones (downwards) would improve it some more. I also would have preferred it if you had the whole of the tree in the frame as well. Still pretty good for a newbie ;)

flagman (294) 2008-02-18 7:09

Pretty impressive first post with the new camera. A lot better than some efforts, anyway. Considering you probably had the camera on automatic, or landscape mode, and you had no filters or anything, it's nicely exposed. The sky is a little light and the land is a little dark, but only a filter could have corrected that. It does look a little tilted, but that may be just because the land is rising to the right naturally. I expect that you might get more people mentioning it. I'll try a workshop to see if I can improve it a bit.

flagman (294) 2008-01-14 7:08

A very impressive gallery you have, but I was drawn to this one as I'm a sucker for a calm landscape. Lovely lines and beautiful sky, but I can't help feeling that some warmer tones would improve it even more. Perhaps you have some from slightly later when the sunlight was more red/pink? Very beautiful as it is, anyway.

flagman (294) 2008-01-14 7:03

I remember seeing this guy when I walked over the Millennium bridge to St Pauls that day! I thought that the 'art' was a bit silly to put it mildy, but it's a good photo nonetheless. Expert composition with the legs in a good place and the diagonal lines. I guess that the over-exposure does spoil it just slightly.

flagman (294) 2008-01-14 6:57

This is the first photo I saw on your gallery and I thought that I must critique it. The exposure of the foreground and background is perfect in both cases but I think that the scene could be improved with a smaller aperture. This would make the background sharper, and with a small enough aperture (like F/22) it would make starburst effects on all the lights in the distance, adding some extra interest. Obviously this would make the shutter time something like 3 seconds, so you'd need a tripod!

flagman (294) 2008-01-14 6:53

You have a very impressive gallery and I think this is my favourite. Lots of contrast and lovely lines. I am not sure if the building in the background looks real or not but it makes a striking image.